October 2008 Table of Contents

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Features

  • 16Sewer: Persistence Pays
    An aggressive and steadily expanding preventive maintenance program in the North Carolina capital reduces SSOs to keep sewer lines in optimal condition
  • 24Water: WATER: Right On Target
    With a shrinking customer base and aging infrastructure, the City of Buffalo used a precise, strategic approach to tame costs while improving efficiency
  • 30Special Feature: Managing Maintenance Online
    Web-based CMMS technology offers more flexibility, lower cost, ease-of-use, access from anywhere and other user benefits
  • 36Cover Story: STORM: A Downhill Battle
    The City of Duluth battles topography and cold winters in a campaign to manage stormwater and comply with national guidelines
  • 44Better Mousetraps: Plugging the Le­aks
    A multilayered poly resin liner system enables a Michigan utility to conquer inflow and infiltration in manholes
  • 48Technology Test Drive: Sound Off
    A streamlined, sound-attenuated shell and a dual muffler enable the Warrior jetter from Spartan Tool to reduce operating noise
  • 58Special Feature: Oh No! Not Down the Drain!
    A children’s play about storm drains wins a major public educator award from the New England Water Environment Association

Columns

  • 10From the Editor: Pay Me Now, Or...
    It’s an axiom that it costs more not to do maintenance than to do it. So why is maintenance so often first to come under the budget knife?
  • 54The Human Side: What Do Employees Want?
    It’s an important question for municipal leaders to know as the public sector prepares for a wave of retirements in coming years
  • 56NASSCO Corner: Filling A Gap
    The NASSCO Inspector Training and Certification Program aims to set a standard for the pipe-rehabilitation industry
  • 62Product Spotlight: Alphajet nozzle from USB Sewer Equipment Corp.
    Rotating Nozzle Simplifies Manhole Cleaning
  • 64Industry News: Industry News
    Logiball Celebrates 25th Anniversary; Federal Signal Expands Dealership; WJTA Offers Vacuum Safety Seminar; Simple Solutions Adds Distributors; Pump Systems and Hydraulic Institute Offer Guidebook; CRC Press Releases Book on Wetland Treatment System
  • 68Association News: Association News, Learning Opportunities and Calendar of Events
    This all-in-one resource will point you to the information you need.